Hot Links: The Last One

Thanks so much for starting your day with Hot Links this year.  Me and Linky will be back in 2012 with all your crucial (and not so crucial) morning reads.  Happy New Year!

Stuff I’m Reading this Morning…

Brian Lund on baldness, trading and focusing on the things you can actually control.  (bclund)

I LOVE this: 2012 will be the year of the artist-entrepreneur.  (GigaOM)

My housing recovery thesis is gaining steam among the hedge fund crowd.  (CalculatedRisk)

Wanna know why financial journalists are constantly gangbanging Apple stories?  Because that’s pretty much all you care to read about.  (Fortune)

JPMorgan derivative deal re-destroys Italian town that was destroyed during WWII.  You’re welcome!  (Bloomberg)

What America really wants needs is to laugh – the top 5 movie rentals at Redbox this year were all comedies.  (LAT)

The status quo is much younger and less permanent than you think, dog.  (SethsBlog)

Investors Pour $80B Into Savings, Bond Funds at Year-End.  (Financial Planning)

Fightin’ Joe Donahue: 2012 Predictions!  (UpsideTrader)

Chess n’ Wine: 2012 Predictions!  (iBankCoin)

Do NOT miss my daily linkfest for financial advisors this morning!  (WSJFA)